Gone are the days when news makers such as the late President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, President Reagan was shot by a Jodie Foster fan who was reported to have mental disorder…and gone are the days when Martin Luther King Jr. had hardly kept his leadership for civil rights movement, appearing wherever there is injustice, racism and political turmoil and following non-violent practices to eradicate racial discrimination.

Here now proclaimed the 44th President of the United States of America – no less than a man who made a milestone for the African-American community in America, the first black President ever to seat at the White House by January next year, he’s no other than this undeniably famous Democrat Barack Obama.

Barack Obama – the name in which millions of Africans and white men in US had celebrated the moment that the race closed in (well, even during the campaign). The catch is, it seemed that he is so totally charismatic that even ‘whites’ have voted for him to be the next highest ruling officer of one of the most powerful country in the globe, and even surpassed the required 150 electoral votes in this US Presidential race.

Well, I am no media personality or political analyst either, but let’s accept the fact that this momentous Presidential race of 2008 was dubbed as “one of the most historic,” “most watched,” and “one among the hottest political issues in town“…..and why not??? Well, there may be thousands of commentators who may critique and give opinion on such.

To further this fierce and heart-pumping Presidential race, John McCain (in my opinion) had been a good chick and competitor for 2008 – a prisoner of war he is. A charismatic Obama versus the prisoner of war John McCain? What if Clinton won the primary? Would it be McCain or Clinton who will make it at the White House? Or maybe McCain, a Republican might predictably defeated Clinton from the Democrats?

Anyway, I’m not ending this entry with those political whereabouts! Since I am writing on this so-called “historic Presidential race in America“, I might as well share you the 3-part special of THE CHOICE 2008 aired over Studio 23 last November 2-4. If it was really historical and Barack Obama made history and a “milestone” for the black American community, he have done that before way back when he was in Harvard University. In fact, he became the first black to spearhead the very prestigious Harvard Law Review – a publication in Harvard Law School which was obviously dominated by white men…..and mind you, that ‘phenomenon’ became a national news.

And if Obama’s charm or maybe his black appeal had been the key to his domain, he did it and in fact served in Chicago ( the capital of African-American community in USA) as a community worker serving his fellow black Americans. That maybe an act of social work, or maybe….courting the community to win their hearts where later became his strong bailiwick for his presidency. He resided in Chicago for good weeks to teach what he have gained in law school as well as doing charity works back in 80s.

….today, I wonder why Americans voted for this black man and why London and other European countries have celebrated over his triumph….Do Americans just wanted to push through Obama to seat at the White House and finally cut off the political lines of White men – all from Washington to Bush? Do they fight for Obama so as to make history – the first black President of the United States? Or the world just really believed in racial discrimination that still existing?..Well, think of what Martin Luther said: The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt.

Not standing as an Obama fun and I may sound really subjective though, but Barack Obama’s victory signaled that color should not be the sole basis….that someone’s origin should not be a hindrance….that racial discrimination should be erased and be finally cut off, if not ended!

Well, that’s the dilemma – I believe that Barack Obama was hardly affected with this airing political racism that have existed in Harvard during his college days….better that Obama won the race so as to prove and emphasize what Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them.”

I am hoping that amidst all of the crises that the world is experiencing, hope that his triumph will also be the key to freed countries from financial turmoil, racism and war. Instead, every country and every one must unite for peace and progress (even just a little)..

In fact, Asian stocks up on Obama’s win yesterday and our very own Madame President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo had immediately reminded the newly elected Obama that her country’s tie-up with the US will continue (nah! for what reason???) Well, our beloved President was just too dependent to pursue such things especially when she’s crumpled with issues of corruption and inflation!

*Obama had indeed made a “history” – a milestone for himself, for the African-American community and for the world!

I was 9. The very first Hollywood movie I got into…and I did not understand a word they say…then I fell asleep inside the theatre for I find it painfully boring…and when I woke up, it's the steamy bed scene on the big screen!

I'd love to tell you a story why it's Shakespeare in Love that affected me most in the whole world of finding an entertainment back in grade school. My mom dragged us, along with my older brother to watched the then-talk-of-the-town movie called Titanic. Well, as one may expect, the movie itself is PG 13 and I was just 8. Funny but my mom pleaded thrice to theatre personnel just to let me in as I won't do any harm inside the movie house…unfortunately, the did not!

The following year, my mom casually dragged me again to watched Shakespeare in Love as she was one hell intrigued (but not a fan though) of Shakespeare…and the rest was history. And just recently, I found out some strange twist between the actors who played and are supposed to play in these two movies – Gwyneth Paltrow was the first choice to play Rose DeWitt Bukater in Titanic but turned down the offer to take the role of Viola De Lesseps in the latter film, which in fact this role was initially offered to Kate Winslet but the denied the offer due to the success of such very dramatic film entitled Titanic.

It's supposed to be Titanic but God rather turned me into something extraordinary and classic that I will forever remember…

LOST in HELL – Yeah, this must be the perfect irony for the world being slowly crippling into hell! And we're living in it! You life may be blissful but the world is NOT! Or your life might have been a total mess livin' in the world of hell, which presumably is a win-win situation, You're in fair game dude!

MOMENT OF TRUTH – this phrase really irritates me a lot! When I hear someone casually said these words out of the blues, it sucks! It's as if the whole world was stupid for inventing this cliche that people can't get enough of repeating it inconsistently. WHy don't they just remark, "here's the reality!"

Oh c'mon, this has been the perfect representation of teenage angst and rebellion we all love to see and at one point in your life, you'll gonna realize that Jim Stark and Holden Caulfield were not as "bad" as teenagers of today seem to be!

There are lots of "deja vu" incidents happened for the last decade, but the closest that I can remember was in:

College…2 years ago

Walking out of the library one afternoon…

Passing the Chapel and the building people called "old library"

While holding a book on my right hand,

walking with other students walking in and out the building,

All of a sudden, I realized and thought right at that very moment…

"wait, this thing seemed to happen before"

Ahh…the feeling..it's just indescribable…the whole scene…the people..the atmosphere/…all these things seem to happen before but I can't explain it on the same exact way…but the mood left me curious as I walked through Acacia Avenue..